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New Believers

Below are a number of selected works that have nourished the saints of the church in Toledo as we have pursued the truth. As you begin, please start from the first article under each category and read through them in sequence. There are also additional materials available under the Literature section. This section is intended for new believers to be equipped with the basics in knowing their salvation and the truth.

May you receive light from the Lord as you read. Amen.

Messages for Building Up New Believers

Baptism is a great subject in the Bible. We need to be clear about two aspects concerning baptism. First, before we are baptized, we need to be clear as to what baptism can do for us.

Messages for Building Up New Believers

The entire Bible, both the Old Testament and the New Testament, but especially the New Testament, shows that God does not pay attention to what a person does before he believes in the Lord.

Messages for Building Up New Believers

Whether or not a person consecrates himself depends on whether he has a healthy salvation experience. If he views his faith in the Lord Jesus as being a favor to the Lord and his faith in God...

The Economy of God

Let us now go on to see the details of the vessel of the Lord. In the previous chapter we have seen that we were created purposely to be His containers, having God Himself as our content.

The Economy of God

God’s eternal plan, His economy, is revealed to us throughout the sixty-six books of the Scriptures. At the very beginning of the Scriptures, God is seen creating man as the center of the whole creation for the purpose of expressing Himself.

The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

First Corinthians 10:11 says, "Now these things happened to them as an example..." The Bible records the history of the Israelites as an example to us. It is for the purpose of our edification.

The Knowledge of Life

We have seen what life is and what the experience of life is. We have also seen the first experience of life, which is regeneration, and the various things that are gained through regeneration. Now that we have seen these, we can come to the matter of the sense of life.

The Experience of Life

DEALING WITH THE SELF: Now we come to see the matter of dealing with the self. This experience is very closely related to dealing with the flesh. This is an important experience in the stage of the cross.

The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit

Sooner or later a servant of God discovers that he himself is the greatest frustration to his work. Sooner or later he finds that his outer man does not match his inner man.

The Breaking of the Outer Man and the Release of the Spirit

The breaking of the outer man is a basic experience which every servant of the Lord must go through. God has to break our outer man before we can render any effective service to Him.

The Overcoming Life

I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

The All-Inclusive Christ

In this series of messages we want to see something of the land of Canaan, which is a type of the all-inclusive Christ. We also want to see how the city and the temple, which were built on this land of Canaan,

THE INDWELLING SPIRIT

'He shall be in you.' In these simple words our Lord announces that wonderful mystery of the Spirit's indwelling which was to be the fruit and the crown of His redeeming work. It was for this man had been created.

Life Lessons, Vol. 3

Obeying the teaching of the anointing, in the previous lesson, and obeying the sense of life, in Lesson Thirty-two, are closely related. Likewise, the subject of this lesson— walking according to spirit—and obeying the teaching of the anointing,

The Overcoming Life

During the past few evenings, we have been considering the way for a Christian to overcome. Thank God that many brothers and sisters among us have entered into the experience of the overcoming life.

MORE THAN CONQUERORS

The following is a booklet by Jessie Penn-Lewis, More Than Conquerors. The material in the addendum, "The Foundation of the Victorious Life," was excerpted from a book by Jessie Penn-Lewis, The Cross: The Touchstone of Faith, pp. 18-19.

The Experience of Life

Everyone who wants to engage in spiritual warfare must first know the Body. Nothing requires us to know the Body so urgently as spiritual warfare, because spiritual warfare is not an individual matter but a Body matter. No individual believer can fight with the enemy; it takes the whole Body. If we wish to learn spiritual warfare, we must first know the Body.

A General Sketch of the New Testament in the Light of Christ and the Church (Vol. 1-4)

The focus of these messages is a general sketch of the New Testament in the light of Christ and the church. Here we cannot deal with many details, but by the grace of the Lord, we will see the main points and the main line of the New Testament.